TV update

[astri13]

Now that all my fall shows have roughly two thirds of their Seasons done, I thought I`d do another "progress" report.

Castle - same old, same old, the actually handle the coupleness of the main pairing reasonably well
Bones - I continue to watch for the interns. Hopefully, the Palant story is supposed to be done the next time it rears its ugly

Comments

[leelust]

So much this for spn! It's disgusting to see them throwing us a bone in the first half of the season only to take it back and pretend we never had it.
And yes 100500 times to why sam gets an award for being a dick? What's with morale of this show? What's the message they're trying to sell? That being a dick is a good thing and being a noble faithful man makes you a loser? That's just sick.

On the bright note ITA to Person of Interest! That's the show that makes me excited every week. Both lead characters written well and both have their own story and it even intertwine now!
Add there Bear and you can tell how much i love this show right now :)

Confused

[drakemarie]

about SPN: so would you enjoy the show more if Sam were gone? Or he stayed w/ Amelia and became a side note? would you prefer the show was about Dean and whoever instead of Sam? I'm confused why do you hate Sam so much?! I mean no disrespect, just curious. :)

Re: Confused

[mareen]

I agree with astri13 about her opinion when it comes to Supernatural this season.

And while I can't speak for her, personally I wouldn't even need Sam gone. What I would want is for the show to be honest about Sam's behaviour. If someone behaves like an ass, admit he behaves like an ass.
But what the show is doing so far is have Sam behave like an ass but tell us his behaviour is "grown-up".

And when your main characters have a creepy co-dependent relationship that makes both of them miserable and that is not healthy, actually allow your show to admit that. But that's not what they are doing right now either.

I have still a bit of hope that this is actually were the show is heading this season. But you never know...
Maybe we are supposed believe that being miserable together is the way to go.

Re: Confused

[astri13]

And when your main characters have a creepy co-dependent relationship that makes both of them miserable and that is not healthy, actually allow your show to admit that. But that's not what they are doing right now either.

This might be the only show who celebrates that instead. And it just feels icky to me. Am I really supposed to be seeing that as a wonderful love story? Seriously?

And that is coming from someone who squealed in happiness when Merthur became canon which had serious undertones but it was never like this.

Maybe we are supposed believe that being miserable together is the way to go.

Unfortunately, I think it`s this. Because they do not see that as misery but awesome love.

Re: Confused

[astri13]

mareen actually explained it pretty well. I felt Sam acted like an uber-jackass this Season and yet the one who ends up apologizing is...Dean. Sam doesn`t get called on his shit once. Instead he gets rewards in the story like a shiny new storyline designed for him while Dean gets...bubkis.

I`m sick of that. It`s not the first time it happened in the show and it`s writing guaranteed to turn me off a character super-fast.

Thing is, I always prefered Dean over the show but I liked Sam fine. Now, they have managed to make him literally my least favourite character on all my shows because of that writing.

So, do I need him to be gone from the show? Nope, I would need them to fix the writing though. And stat. I can`t like or tolerate a character like that. I had those in other shows (now over) before and it was always the same, the more the writers try to pimp someone or something down my throat, the more I choke on it.

[mareen]

so much agreement about Person of Interest. I am loving this season so far so very, very much, and the way the Finch/Reese relationship has developed is just beautiful.

[astri13]

It`s funny as I usually don`t think or speculate much about the show in between episodes but when I put the new one on, I`m glued to the screen, no checking the time or stuff like that.

And Reese/Finch is just awesome. They even acknowledge it like it is "I read when there is tension in the household, the pets can feel upset". Tension in the household??? Ahahahaha. So apt a description.

Also, the little clues we are getting about Nathan and Finch in the past and John and Finch now.

[scolaro]

Guess I'll have to check out Person of Interest now... ;)

[astri13]

I was sceptical myself, at first, because I didn`t feel the premise would appeal to me at all but now I definitely recommend it. It`s like a mini action-movie each week. With some great, non-conventional (as in: you don`t see them in every show around) characters.

[scolaro]

Sounds good. I grabbed the first five or so eps and will take a look on the weekend. Thanks for the rec! ^^

[katje0711]

I've been waiting until I had some TBBT icons before I commented on this. Yes, I'm a geek! LOL

So, is there not much geek culture mentioned in the current seasons of TBBT? I'm only on season 2.

[astri13]

Unfortunately no. The show has gone more mainstream, I feel. I still like it but it has become a bit too much about relationship woes.

[katje0711]

Well, damn. What season does that start in?

[astri13]

I think I started to notice it more during the last 2 years, Season 5 and 6.

I mean, you still get the occasional geek reference and the guys are obviously still geeks as well but I miss the days when just as I was bitching to a friend about Sci-fi (the TV channel) being renamed into Syffy, Leonard would make the same pun in the show.